Pulaski County Special School District v. Lewis

| Appellant Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) appeals from the Pulaski County Circuit Court’s final judgments in favor of appellees Janice Lewis and Pam Fitzgiven. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred when it ruled that the 15-minute physical-activity period in question was “noninstructional” duty under Arkansas Code Annotated section 6-17-117(2)(b) (Repl. 2013). We affirm.

Appellees were certified teachers for all relevant time periods in the PCSSD. Lewis taught second grade, and Fitzgiven taught fifth grade. In 2003, the Arkansas Legislature passed a law that…